Ron Schmidt and his Comox Valley Curling Centre rink are trying to do something no one has done before at a Travelers Curling Club Championship.
A team from British Columbia has never won this national curling title, but the investment advisor from Vancouver Island and his team are into the men’s playoffs at the 2016 Travelers Curling Club Championship.
For Manitoba’s Tracy Andries, the hope is that the second time will be a charm.
The skip out of the Fort Rouge Curling Club in Winnipeg is making her second appearance at the Travelers Curling Club Championship.
Wesley Forget is doing everything he can to avoid complacency, despite locking up first place in Pool B of the Travelers Curling Club Championship and a spot in Friday’s semifinals.
Qualifying for a Canadian men’s curling championship in any province is a major feat. Doing so in a province such as Newfoundland and Labrador where Brad Gushue has dominated the men’s curling scene for over a decade is even more difficult.
Nova Scotia’s Denise Fitzgerald and her rink emerged victorious in a key battle at the 2016 Travelers Curling Club Championship on Wednesday morning.
The team from the Lakeshore Curling Club in Lower Sackville, N.S., delivered Ontario their first loss in the women’s Pool A play. The Nova Scotia squad is the only women’s team without a loss.
A nagging hip/groin injury has forced 13-time Newfoundland/Labrador champ Brad Gushue to pass up on a trip to Brandon, Man., next week for the 2016 Home Hardware Canada Cup, presented by Meridian Manufacturing.
Story by Cathlia Ward
The roaring game of curling has certainly evolved over the years. Now we celebrate curling as a high-performance Olympic sport, and we watch in awe on television or at championship events as some of our biggest heroes chase their dreams. What we don't see, as curling fans, is what goes on behind the scenes in the lives of our hard-working athletes.
Manitoba’s Andrew Wickman and his Winnipeg rink are rolling in Kelowna at the 2016 Travelers Curling Club Championship.
The team from the Fort Rouge Curling Club of Wickman, third Jeff Tarko, second Mark Blanchard and lead Cam Barth improved to 3-0 after a narrow 6-3 win over Northern Ontario’s Gary Weiss on Tuesday evening.
It doesn’t happen very often that a mother gets to compete on the same team as her daughter with a Canadian championship on the line. It’s even more rare that it happens when that mother gets to play with two of her daughters.
For Mike McEwen, this weekend couldn’t have come soon enough. In a 2016-17 season that has been largely forgettable to date, McEwen’s Winnipeg foursome finally came away with a result to remember.
(FROM USA CURLING) – After a successful first few months competing on the World Curling Tour, teams skipped by Heath McCormick and Jamie Sinclair have clinched spots to represent the U.S. on Team North America at the 2017 World Financial Group Continental Cup, presented by Boyd Gaming, in Las Vegas.
Banking on experience is key for Kory Kohuch and his Saskatchewan rink at the 2016 Travelers Curling Club Championship.
Three of the team’s four members have a key piece of experience they hope to leverage in Kelowna this week. Kohuch with second Wes Lang and lead David Schmirler were the 2014 Travelers champions in Halifax. With the addition of third David Kraichy, the rink hopes to add a second title to their curling resumes.